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class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcdesgvq00023b6mpqenmu2a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The vote was the first for the newly assembled group, which was appointed by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. 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The split revealed tensions around the committee, some members of which have raised serious concerns from the public health community for their approach to vaccines and scientific evidence.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmcdewexn000a3b6m0vrjqvhc@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"Syringe_1x-Box_Head-On_Backstop_Final.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image_large--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image_large--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image_large--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"4160\" data-original-width=\"6240\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/syringe-1x-box-head-on-backstop-final.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image_large--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image_large--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image_large--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">       <picture class=\"image_large__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"679\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/syringe-1x-box-head-on-backstop-final.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"967\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/syringe-1x-box-head-on-backstop-final.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/syringe-1x-box-head-on-backstop-final.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/syringe-1x-box-head-on-backstop-final.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/syringe-1x-box-head-on-backstop-final.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/picture>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"image_large__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">A group of outside advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend use of a new Merck shot that can protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image_large__credit\">Merck<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcdesgvq00033b6mfh1tu4ik@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The shot, called clesrovimab and given the brand name Enflonsia, is made by Merck and joins two other interventions already on the market to protect babies against severe disease from RSV, a common virus that can be especially dangerous for infants. One, like clesrovimab, is an antibody shot, while another is a vaccine given during pregnancy.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcdesgvq00043b6m31uadmoi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Data presented at the meeting showed the approved interventions were safe and dramatically reduced hospitalizations among babies from RSV in the last respiratory virus season.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcdesgvq00053b6mgvj9xnlv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cAs a pediatrician, I mean, people need to understand what a spectacular accomplishment these results are,\u201d ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics at Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, said on Wednesday. They \u201cwill have an enormous influence on public health.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcdesgvq00063b6mtz55bsyi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The new drug was approved earlier this month by the US Food and Drug Administration, and the CDC committee\u2019s recommendation was the next step in making it widely available for the coming RSV season, which typically begins in the fall. The recommendation now goes to the CDC director or potentially to Kennedy, as CDC nominee Dr. Susan Monarez is still awaiting Senate confirmation.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmcdevigp00033b6mg0ohp2rn@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmbqu7bd3005227p5enzq0q4l@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"Syringe_1x-Box_Head-On_Backstop_Final.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"4160\" data-original-width=\"6240\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/syringe-1x-box-head-on-backstop-final.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"256\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/syringe-1x-box-head-on-backstop-final.jpg?c=1x1&amp;q=h_479,w_479,c_fill\/w_256,f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"256\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/syringe-1x-box-head-on-backstop-final.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_270,w_480,c_fill\/w_256,f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"256\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/syringe-1x-box-head-on-backstop-final.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_540,w_960,c_fill\/w_256,f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"256\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/syringe-1x-box-head-on-backstop-final.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_720,w_1280,c_fill\/w_256,f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"256\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/syringe-1x-box-head-on-backstop-final.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_720,w_1280,c_fill\/w_256,f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/picture>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">The FDA approved Enflonsia, a new monoclonal antibody made by Merck, to protect infants from RSV.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Merck<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">Newly approved antibody could offer another option for protecting infants from RSV, a common infection that can be deadly<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcdesgvq00073b6mgk2efnfd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The vote came after Dr. Retsef Levi, a professor of operations management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management and one of the new panelists, raised questions Thursday morning about whether there were safety signals that arose in clinical trials of the antibody shots that deserve further scrutiny. Representatives from both the FDA and Merck emphasized the safety of the product and the rigor of the clinical trials.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcdesgvq00083b6m1vifz5lj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Meissner also expressed how thoroughly the CDC panel\u2019s work group on RSV examined the data.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcdesgvq00093b6mp3465iw4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWe went through the details very, very carefully, and I appreciate Dr. [Levi\u2019s] careful review of the records, but the workgroup is comfortable with the results from the different clesrovimab trials,\u201d he said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcdesgvq000a3b6mg33uvks9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Levi voted against recommending the Merck shot, joined by Dr. Vicky Pebsworth, volunteer director of research and patient safety at the National Vaccine Information Center, a group that emphasizes risks around vaccines while downplaying their benefit.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmcdev3rk00013b6mlavriser@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmcc7gvyn003l27qbcp090lp8@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"c-AP25176560903534.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-original-height=\"1350\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-ap25176560903534.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"256\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-ap25176560903534.jpg?c=1x1&amp;q=h_479,w_479,c_fill\/w_256,f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"256\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-ap25176560903534.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_270,w_480,c_fill\/w_256,f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"256\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-ap25176560903534.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_540,w_960,c_fill\/w_256,f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"256\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-ap25176560903534.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_720,w_1280,c_fill\/w_256,f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"256\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-ap25176560903534.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_720,w_1280,c_fill\/w_256,f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/picture>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">A new group of seven outside CDC vaccine advisers met for the first time on Wednesday after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed the previous 17 advisers.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Mike Stewart\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">RFK Jr.\u2019s new CDC advisers to study childhood vaccination schedule, guidelines for hepatitis B, measles shots<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcdesgvq000b3b6m2e6njvvq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The vote was closely watched as a first signal of how the controversial new committee would approach immunization policy. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, is tremendously influential in how vaccines are used in the US, with implications for insurance coverage and state policies.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcdesgvq000c3b6m8zx6knjl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kennedy\u2019s upheaval of the group led organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics this week to break with the ACIP over concerns about scientific integrity.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcdesgvq000d3b6m3eqctgst@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In a second vote on the Merck shot Thursday, the group voted unanimously that it should be included in the Vaccines for Children Program, which provides free vaccines to children whose families may not be able to afford them.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaccines Federal agencies Respiratory viruses Prescription drugs See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elderwoodwellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elderwoodwellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elderwoodwellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elderwoodwellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elderwoodwellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elderwoodwellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elderwoodwellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elderwoodwellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elderwoodwellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elderwoodwellness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}